Jacques Mels artwork • painting • previously for sale A farm
Jacques Mels
Tilburg 1899-1974 Den Haag
1899-1974
A farm
oil on canvas 35.0 x 44.8 cm, signed l.l. and on the reverse
This painting was previously for sale.
Jacques Mels was self-taught as an artist. At a young age he moved to Curacao, where he became a teacher at a craft school. Back in the Netherlands he worked in Amsterdam, The Hague and Limburg. His oeuvre includes many cityscapes, still lifes and portraits, which he set up in his own, almost expressionistic style. Mels painted many landscapes in Brabant and South Limburg, in which cloudy skies play an important role. He created beautiful landscapes, especially with the watercolor technique, to which the use of many blacks and unusual colours lends an extra drama.
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